A Peek at the Week

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...JAKE

Dazzling Dave:  Dazzling Dave the professional yo yo master came to our school and showed us tricks with his yo yo's.  He also taught us the science behind how a yo yo is made.  We LOVED the show!!

 Storybook Reader:  Pastor Cullyn came in and read the story Grandpa's Teeth! 

Guest Reader:  Thanks Jill for sharing your story with us!

Guest Readers:  Reese and her mom Laura came into read us the story The Story of the Easter Bunny.

Fun Friday:  We earned a movie by filling our marble jar, way to go!!  We got to watch Big Hero Six.

Math:
This week in math we were working on subtraction word problems. We used a variety of tools to help us with understanding subtraction.  On Tuesday we had iPad math where we played our Splash Math game.  A BIG THANK YOU to our PIE group for purchasing more iPads so we have a full classroom set on our cart so that every child has their own to use!   We loved having our own!!

Phonics/ Language Arts:  This week we learned the ing and ake word families.  We also learned the number word ten.  On Thursday we also were introduced to our first beginning blend "bl".  We will be learning a new blend each day. 

Technology:  We are working on creating, saving and opening a word document, and on this document we are practicing typing our first and last names,  were are getting really good at this!

Spring Break Homework:  I will be sending home a spring break homework packet for your child to work on over break.  If your child completes the packet, we will have lunch in our classroom on Wednesday, April 8th.  I also am sending home a few books in your child's book bag for the break.  It is so important for your child to continue to read all week, even if its the same book.  Thanks for your support! :)

A Peek from Last Week

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO... MARCUS AND OWEN!!

Math:  This week in math we worked on subtraction and practiced using a number line and number cubes.  We also watched a fun video introducing the topic.  It was called.."When you subtract with a pirate..."  Click HERE to check it out.

Math cont.  On St. Patrick's day we each got a bag of lucky charms and sorted out the marshmallows and graphed how many of each we got in our bag, when we were finished, we got to eat them! :)

Phonics/Language Arts:  This week we learned the ug and ub word families as well as the number words eight and nine.  

Reading:  This week we practiced making connections and learned about story elements.  We read a story called "Who's in the Shed."  We used this story to practice making predictions, finding the setting and retelling what happened in the beginning, middle and end of the story.

Writing:  This week we learned about what a book review was and are continuing to learn more but will not write our own for another week.  We are still working on remembering to use a capital letter, spaces, our brave spelling and a punctuation at the end of your sentence. On St. Patrick's day we wrote about 3 wishes we would make if we caught our very own leprechaun.

Handwriting:  We started our lower case letters beginning with letter a.

Other Happenings this week:

St. Patrick's Day!!  We watched live coverage of Ireland where leprechauns could be spotted.  

We also made an art project and wrote about "How to catch a leprechaun"  Come check them out in the hallway!

Today our Leprechaun Lucky hid a pot of gold for us to find.  We searched the entire school and finally found a pot of gold hidden in the media center.  In the pot was a note that said "you will find something special at your table spot when you return."  When we got back to the room it was a MESS!!  The leprechauns had come and messed it up!  We also found a baggie on our table with a gold coin and some candy.  

Science Night! 

 Scientist's from the Science Museum came out and set up engineering stations in various rooms.  Thanks to those who came out to enjoy!  It was a great learning experience!!